Rhea Ardeshir Contractor:

 

 

As an artist, I am fascinated by the sanctity embedded in a photograph to preserve a moment caught from an eye one longer has access to, while yet retaining a narrative in present tense - what could never be forgotten, and what could now never have been a long time ago. Within photographs I find narratives of migration, traces of memory, of grief, and of spaces long lost to me in the material world.

 

 

archival inkjet print

Jewett Gallery

 

 

With original roots in the word for shore or bank of a body of water, the Hindi word kinare ( किनारे ) is also used metaphorically to refer to the edge or boundary of any area or space. Working with manipulating and compositing my photographs digitally to conceal their edges allows for a seamless tapestry of images, taken across continents and moments in time, to blend into each other - capturing the blockages and ruptures, lulls and rhythms of spaces as I remember them, seen through the mechanical gaze of the camera. A new narrative is formed, one which is both personal and universal, exploring the essence of what it means to remember and to experience the world around us.

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